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Lin. syst. Monæ cia, Polyadélphia. Flowers monoecious ; male 
ones with a 5-toothed calyx, and a 5-parted corolla; teeth of 
calyx subulate. Filaments 3? or more probably 5, in 3 bundles. 
Female flowers with a trifid style, and a thickish trifid stigma. 
Fruit 1-seeded from abortion, usually beset with spines. Seed 
obovate. Male and female peduncles many-flowered, usually 
rising together from the same axille. 
1 S. ancuta‘rus (Lin. spec. 1438.) leaves cordate, angular, 
denticulated, scabrous ; lobes 3-5, acuminated ; tendrils umbel- 
late; male flowers in corymbose heads, each head on a long 
common peduncle ; female flowers sessile, in bundles at the tops 
of the peduncles ; fruit ovate, spinescent, and tomentose ; seeds 
truncate at the base, and very blunt at the apex. ©.F. Native 
of North America. Lam. ill. t. 796. f. 2.—Dill. elth. 58. t. 51. 
f. 59. Flowers sulphur-coloured. Fruit beset with yellow 
spines, and curling tomentum. 
Angular-leaved Single-seeded Cucumber. 
Clem 7105-2 E) str; 
2 S. BRYoNIÆFÒLIUS (Moris, hort. taur. sem. 1831.) leaves cor- 
date and angular, denticulated, hispid below; teeth of calyx ob- 
solete ; capsule clammy and warted. ©. S. Native country 
unknown. This species differs from S. angulatus and S. parvi- 
Jlorus in the stem being hardly pilose about the joints, the rest 
smooth; in the peduncles being short, the flowers umbellate; 
male ones 5-8 pedicellate, female ones almost sessile. 
Bryony-leaved Single-seeded Cucumber. PI. cl. 
3 S. parvirtorus (Willd. spec. 4. p. 626.) branches glabrous; 
leaves cordate, rather angular, denticulated, roughish ; tendrils 
trifid ; male flowers racemose, on long pedicels: female ones in 
sessile capitate umbels; fruit crowned by the permanent calyx, 
size of an orange; seeds unknown. ©.F. Native in the tem- 
perate parts of mountains about Quito, near Chillo, at the height 
of 4000 feet. Not of Mexico, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 
2. p.119. Flowers whitish. Fruit rarely solitary. 
Small-flowered Single-seeded Cucumber. Fl. June, Sep. Clt. 
18295 Ply cl: 
4 S. Baperoa (Hook. et Arn. in bot. misc. 3. p. 234.) leaves 
cordate, angular, minutely denticulated, glabrous on both sur- 
faces; angles acuminated; lobes at the base of the leaf lying 
over each other ; tendrils trifid; flowers few, capitate in both 
sexes ; female peduncles one-half shorter than the male ones ; 
fruit ovate while young. Y. VY. G. Native about Valpa- 
raiso. Baderda bryonizfolia, Bertero. 
Badero’s Single-seeded Cucumber. PI. cl. 
5 S. penra’nprvs (Wall. cat. no. 6682.) leaves cordate, denti- 
culated ; flowers racemose ; racemes numerous, sometimes ag- 
gregate, and branched. kh. J. S. Native of the East Indies. 
Pentandrous Single-seeded Cucumber. Shrub cl. 
6 S. Dr’prer; leaves broadly cordate, 7-lobed; lobes acumi- 
nated, middle lobe the longest; margins acutely denticulated, 
rough on both surfaces from conical hairs ; -male racemes elon- 
gated; fruit glomerate, ovate, nearly glabrous, but beset with 
strong retrograde prickles. ©. S. Native of Mexico, near 
Jalapa. Flowers smaller than those of S. angulatus, but larger 
than those of S. parviflorus. Sicyos, nov. spec. Schlecht. et 
Cham. in Linnea. vol. 5. p. 88. Seeds the size of those of 
Citrus médica. 
Deppe’s Single-seeded Cucumber. PI. tr. 
7 S. acorus (Rafin, fl. lud. p. 113.) climbing; leaves 
lobed ; fruit glomerate, ovate, acute, bristly ; bristles echinated, 
interwoven. ©.F. Native of Louisiana. 
_ Acute-fruited Single-seeded Cucumber. PI. cl. 
8 S. microruy’tius (H. B. et Kunth, gen. et spec. amer. 2. 
p- 119.) branches roughish ; leaves sinuately-cordate, 7-lobed, 
denticulated, roughish ; tendrils smoothish, trifid ; male flowers 
on long peduncles and pedicels; female flowers in crowded, 
8 
Fl. June, July. 
CUCURBITACEE. X. Sicyos. 
XI. ELATERIUM. 
nearly sessile heads; fruit echinated from bristle-formed hairs, 
size of an apple seed; seeds unknown. ©. F. Native of 
Mexico, on the burning Mount Jorullo, at the height of 1620 feet. 
Small-leaved Single-seeded Cucumber. Fl. July, Sep. Cit. 
18 23.e2Plstrs 
9 S. pacnyca’rpus (Hook. et Arnott, in Beech. bot. p. 83.) 
branches glabrous; leaves cordate, 5-7-lobed, denticulated, gla- 
brous above and papillose, scabrous beneath; tendrils glabrous, 
trifid; male flowers in panicles ; female ones in crowded heads; 
fruit ovate, rostrate, unarmed. ©.F. Native of the Island of 
Oahu, on the Diamond Hill among the volcanic rocks. Allied to 
S. microphyllus. 
Thick-fruited Single-seeded Cucumber. Pl. prostrate. 
10 S. vitrrén1us (Willd. spec. 4. p. 626.) the whole plant 
clothed with very fine clammy down ; leaves cordate, with a 
roundish recess, 5-lobed, toothed. ©. F. Native country un- 
known. Flowers yellow, twice the size of those of S. angulatus. 
Vine-leaved Single-seeded Cucumbers. Clt.? PI. tr. 
11 S. racrnra‘rus (Lin. spec. 1459.) stem glabrous ; leaves cor- 
date, palmate, glabrous above, but echinated from stiff hairs be- 
neath; lobes lobulate; petioles short; tendrils trifid; male 
flowers somewhat panicled: female ones glomerate, sessile; pe- 
duncles short; fruit very spiny. ©. F. Native of South 
America.—Plum. ed. Burm. pl. amer. t. 243. Flowers yellow. 
Jagged leaved Single-seeded Cucumber. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 
1S o4seP ler. 
12 S. rrieverER (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. ined. ex D. C. 
prod. 3. p. 309.) stem bluntly furrowed; leaves cordate, 5- 
lobed; lobes broad, obtuse, somewhat denticulated ; tendrils 
much branched; calycine and corolline lobes 3? male flowers 
racemose, pedunculate, aggregately subverticillate ; female 
flowers subumbellate; fruit elongated, unarmed, triquetrous; 
seed oblong-cylindrical. @.F. Native of Mexico, in Cbil- 
appa. Flowers yellow. Fruit 6 lines long, acuminated, some- 
what 3-winged. 
Triquetrous-fruited Single-seeded Cucumber. Pl. tr. 
Cult. Sow the seeds in the hot-bed in spring, and treat the 
plants as directed for Gourds, p. 42. Not worth growing ex- 
cept for curiosity. 
XI. ELATE’RIUM (from edarnp, elater, an impeller ; in re- 
ference to the elastic seed vessels). Lin. gen. no. 1398. Juss: 
gen. p. 394. Jacq. amer. 241. t. 154. D. C. prod. 3. p. 310.— 
Momordica, Neck. elem. bot. no. 390. 
Lin. syst. Mone’ cia, Monadélphia. Flowers monoecious; 
white or yellow; male ones disposed in racemes or corymbs; 
calyx petaloid, campanulate, with hardly conspicuous teeth, and 
with the corolla hardly gamopetalous. Female flowers solitary; 
or rising from the same axils with the males. Calyx elon- 
gated, petaloid, echinated at the base, and girding the carpels ; 
neck filiform, more or less elongated, at length dilated, and 
bearing the corolla and stamens. Style thick; stigma capitate. 
Capsule coriaceous, reniform, echinated, 1-celled, Q-3-valved, 
many-seeded, opening elastically, and ejecting the seeds. 
1 E. ceme’tiu (D. C. prod. 3. p. 310.) leaves cordately sub- 
sagittate, somewhat 5-angled, with the middle angle acuminate; 
tendrils bifid; male flowers in long racemes; neck of calyx 
long, campanulate; petals ovate, acutish; fruit curved, 3 
celled ; prickles distant. ©. F. Native of Mexico. Moc. €t 
Sess. fl. mex. icon. ined. 
Twin-tendrilled Squirting Cucumber. PI. cl. 
2 E. CARTHAGENE'NSE (Lin. spec. 1375.) leaves cordate, an- 
gular, denticulated, petiolate, roughish above; flowers white 
sweet-scented : male ones in panicles: female ones solitary i 
tube of calyx terete above the ovarium, not dilated at the apex; 
petals linear-lanceolate, acute; fruit kidney-shaped, hisp!¢: 
